Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Sociology Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Development
Public policy
Crime
Gender
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,754
1,179
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Agricultural communication
Agricultural Extension
Rural Sociology
Sustainable livelihood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
287
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
DEVELOPMENT
FAMILY
CULTURE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
183
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
sociology
industry and work
gender
child and youth
social problems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
142
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sociology
Rural
Widowhood
poverty alleviation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
51
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sociology
Criminology
Medical Sociology
Population Health
Gender Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
89
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Criminology
Sociology of deviance
Community Policing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
47
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Social Theories
Social Problems
Industrial Sociology & Relations
Personel Management& Human Res.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gender and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Medical Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
gender and peace
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sociology
child Right
Criminology and Cybernetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
482,762
961
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Anthony Abayomi Adebayo
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,754
1,179
0.672
Development
Public policy
Crime
Gender
Climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
976,529
7,140
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sunday Ogunjimi
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
287
0.663
Agricultural communication
Agricultural Extension
Rural Sociology
Sustainable livelihood
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,066,821
8,907
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Abimbola Oluremi Hezekiah
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
183
0.529
DEVELOPMENT
FAMILY
CULTURE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,282,918
13,465
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Babatunde Joshua Omotosho
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
142
0.689
sociology
industry and work
gender
child and youth
social problems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,477,250
17,901
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Olayiwola Fasoranti
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
51
0.389
Sociology
Rural
Widowhood
poverty alleviation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,516,137
18,822
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Joseph Sina Owoseni
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
89
0.748
Sociology
Criminology
Medical Sociology
Population Health
Gender Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,790,694
26,035
337
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Egbo, Ken Amaechi
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
47
0.825
Criminology
Sociology of deviance
Community Policing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,062,165
34,483
461
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ezekiel Adeyemi Odedokun
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
Social Theories
Social Problems
Industrial Sociology & Relations
Personel Management& Human Res.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,087,279
35,344
467
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bolanle Oriola
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,123,014
36,588
493
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Beatrice Adeoye
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,168,774
38,236
513
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Olabambo Akinyemi
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,196,162
39,280
524
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ojo Odunayo Tolulope
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
Sociology
child Right
Criminology and Cybernetics